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lunes, 4 de marzo de 2013

QUESTIONS FOR PLAYING THE ENEMY (chapters 3 - 6)

I hope you're enjoying the book and I suppose you have already answered the questions for the introduction and the first two chapters. We'll make corrections next week in class.

I copy here the questions for the following chapters (3 - 6).
Don't forget to make a kind of glossary with the names of the characters that appear in the book as there are so many that you could easily get lost while reading.

Chapter 3Separate Amenities

What does Carlin call
townships?

Describe Justice’s memory of
his allegiance to Mandela.

What did Van Dyk ask the blacks
to do on 13th November?Describe what happened

Who
was Lucas Sethwala?

Chapter 4Bagging the Croc

What mission did Botha give
Niel Barnard?

Discuss how you think Mandela
must have felt when Botha’s government was cracking down on the blacks but
treating him well.

What was Sexwale’s reaction
when he saw two TVs in Mandela’s house in Victor Verster prison?

What did Barnard warn Mandela
not to do in his meeting with Botha?Describe Barnard & Mandela’s relationship.

How did Mandela compare his
people to the Afrikaaners?

Chapter 5Different Planets

What surprised the Pienaar
family while watching the Springboks tour of New Zealand?

Discuss the fact that the
Pienaars had maids despite the fact they were considered lower class.

How did Stofile define sport?

Describe how Judge Basson
behaved at the trial.

Who do you think killed
LubowskiWhy?

Chapter 6Ayatollah Mandela

Why did the government feel it
was urgent to release Mandela?

Why was his release delayed?

What big hurdle did Mandela
have to face soon after he came out of prison? Give your opinion of
Mandela’s statement to the press. about his 27 years in prison“Despite the hard times in prison…”
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